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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
3
A New York Sun description recalls Nassau near Lake of Fire a phosphorescent pond three miles from town. Visitors row in a dim lantern light, seeing blue smoke like flames as fish dart and divers glow in the eerie waters. The ruined Woetloo estate gates mark the approach to this luminous pond.
Early Georgia reports describe a hair covered eight foot creature with a donkey like face and deaf ears seen in Rabuncoun, Georgia. Adventurers from Virginia later hunted the beast around 1816 as fear and curiosity spread along the Atlantic coast.
Maurice Barrymore built a reputation as a witty performer and writer, with tales from his years on stage. One story recalls his billing with Mme Modjeska, who urged him to treat acting with seriousness and honor. He quipped that the public made him known, not Modjeska alone.
A San Francisco attorney famed for handling Chinese witnesses bungled a voir dire in a railway damage case by asking improper questions. The exchange included a mock exchange about divine matters and prompted widespread laughter before the session returned to normal proceedings.
A London Globe report describes a difficult three day operation on an elephant. To dull pain a morphia and rum dose was given, taking an hour to show effect before the elephant slept through the procedure. Separate notes compare metal weights and identify Nanm as a Chinese language area.
The first bachelor U.S. president, 65 at election, devoted his life to celibacy. A Lancaster love with Miss Coleman ended when she asked to be released from their engagement. A Philadelphia move and her sudden death ended the romance, shaping Buchanan’s life. He kept relics meant to explain the heartbreak, but burned after his death per his will.
The text recounts the revival of lacemaking in Ireland after 1847, noting Limerick lace as tambour work on net and muslin, and describes the first true bobbinet machine by John Heathcote in 1809, its hostile reaction from laceworkers, Luddites destroying early factories, and eventual spread to France after a discharged worker smuggled the plan abroad.
An old farmer, known for market day meals, is tested by a widow hotelier. She seats him alone in a private room, serves a steaming leg of mutton, and he finishes it. After paying two shillings for dinner, he realizes his meal was the leg of mutton himself.
A Cambridge friend recalls a Norfolk farmer who resisted church, saying he was too young or ignorant. He later discovers a pig weighing 34 stone, prompting the farmer to promise attendance at church next Sunday, much to the storyteller’s gratification.
A sensational tale describes a mother who killed 10 of her 12 children and, in a twist, plans to move with her husband to a house under a landlord constraint. The piece imagines a future where tenants are limited by family size and housing demands.
In a Washington Star excerpt Uncle Eben notes that some men earn reputations for patience because they are too indolent to sign up for what they deserve. The quote reflects on idleness masking entitlement.
The Des Moines Daily Capital announces a limited time bargain Day on December 28 1901 offering 1902 subscriptions for $2 by mail only. Current subscribers may renew by paying $2 and sending a new year’s remittance. Also promotes sending copies as Christmas gifts and highlights two color printing and AP leased wires.
Excursion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the Northwestern System within 200 miles of selling station on December 24 25 31 and January 1 with good return until January 2 inclusive.
Home seekers excursions to the Northwest West and Southwest via the Northwestern Line offer greatly reduced tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through 1901. Tickets include standard and tourist sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and comfort features. For full fare details contact Chicago North Western Railway agents for December 14.
W. P. George offers Shropshire ewes in exchange for a good young horse or mare or for a fresh milk cow.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a cure that builds body and blood by breaking a vicious cycle. The copy notes stomach restoration and flesh growth, then shifts to a comic Telegram plot with Bingo receiving a business message about front row seats at Pearson's.
An old advertisement promises full refund if Rector fails to cure piles and offers a free pile pipe with each package. Sample availability indicated by 4-ly 1. M. Bosworth.
Satisfied readers praise Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds and Rocky Mountain Tea as a beautifier and vitality booster. Advertisements promote Loughran Bauer offerings, Madison Medicine Co. products, and a testimonial about Foley's remedy saving a child with membranous croup.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes California hosts the world’s largest hopfields along the Sacramento Russian and Feather rivers with Pleasanton in Alameda county holding 368 acres and over 445000 vines. Harvest requires an army of pickers by hand during a short season. Risks include hop poisoning and staining from resin. both mitigated by using hop leaves.
J. J. Kegley, agent for J. Wragg & Sons Co. of Waukee Iowa, will on or about December 15 call on his old customers and replace free all dead stock. Customers will do him a favor by holding their orders for him and get a free replace. 31 tf.
Florida winter travel promoted with low round trip fares via the Iowa Central Route to the Carolinas Georgia and Florida. Chair car and Pullman service linked with southern routes praised. For details contact Iowa Central agents or G. Baty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
Winter tourists can take advantage of low round trip rates to California and Pacific coast points via the Iowa Central. A four day trip from St Paul and other Iowa Central points via the southern route is highlighted. The Pullman Tourist Car service is renewed for the season, enhancing traveler comfort with the Iowa Central offerings.
The Iowa Central Railway offers home-seekers excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to points in Iowa and neighboring states. Tickets cost one fare plus two dollars for the round trip with a return limit of twenty one days. The route spans the Northwest and West, aiming for rich farming belts in western states.
The halberd carried by serjeants foot and dragoons features a head about 15 inches long with a hollow end to receive the staff and a broad ribbed pointed edge. A half moon or star piece sits on one side and a four inch pointed hook aids drawing fascines or obstacles. The five foot ash staff, one and a half inches wide, supports rank discipline and punishment as described in Gentleman's Directory 1705.
A dialogue in the Weekly Bouquet features a conversation about renting flats. A man at the door says he can rent them and confirms rents are reasonable. The exchange humorously reveals the janitor’s identity and the narrator’s insistence on a courteous, Christian landlord.
A man seeking water in a dark kitchen misjudges his path and tumbles into a cellar, ending in tragedy. The incident, reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, frames a cautionary tale of misfortune and misnavigation in a single, somber news note.
A cheeky exchange from the Chicago News notes a busy editor blocking an effusion and directing the disappointed writer to the house of correction. The quote highlights tensions between publication reform and punishment.
A brief exchange in town behind a judge’s remark about attire. The dialogue notes a pink necktie as a social cue and source of mild reproach among friends.
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